Digital downloads becoming the dominant form of video game purchases has long been a hot-button issue for preservationists and collectors, and now there's some good news for physical fans after another publisher has committed to loading the entirety of its games onto Nintendo Switch 2 cartridges. Nintendo's Game-Key Cards have been derided as an easy way for publishers to save money and deliver an inferior product – essentially a physical voucher for a digital game – and while the practice has been common, there are a couple of companies taking a refreshingly pro-consumer stance.
According to GameSpot, representatives from publisher Limited Run Games addressed Game-Key Cards at PAX East 2025. With a few exceptions, "nearly all of [Limited Run's] games will be 'true' physical releases and will contain the full game on the cartridge." The noted exceptions are those that are published in partnership with other companies (i.e. games not a part of LRG's numbered releases) which opt for either Game-Key Cards or don't load the entire game onto the cart, a common practice for games that often receive large day-one patches anyway.
Limited Run Games often publishes a comparatively small quantity of physical copies of...
